Lead Software Engineer

About this role:
The Claims and Recovery team sits within TCOO and plays an important part in delivering reliable, scalable technology that supports key operational processes. To continue advancing our modernization efforts, we are adding a Lead Software Engineer who will focus on backend and middleware development using Java.
In this role, you will help build and enhance the services that support our core Claims and Recovery platforms. The team is currently working on significant modernization initiatives, including the ACH PEGA Migration and the PayOn PEGA Migration, and your technical expertise will contribute directly to successful delivery and long-term scalability. If you are passionate about modern Java development and enjoy working on complex systems that drive meaningful business impact, this opportunity offers a strong platform to do exactly that.
In this role, you will:

• Lead complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact
• Act as a key participant in developing standards and companywide best practices for engineering complex and large scale technology solutions for technology engineering disciplines
• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs
• Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors
• Make decisions in developing standard and companywide best practices for engineering and technology solutions requiring understanding of industry best practices and new technologies, influencing and leading technology team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
• Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals
• Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, education.
• 5+ year of experience in Java and Spring Boot
• 5+ years of experience in OpenShift Container Platform and Kubernetes
• 5+ years of experience with Jenkins and SonarQube

Desired Qualifications:

• Financial services industry experience
• Full stack development experience in Java, JUnit, Spring Boot, JPA, XML, Kafka, Tomcat and Oracle.
• Experienced in microservices development.
• Experienced in DevOps tools such as GitHub Actions and Splunk.
• Experienced in performance monitoring, analyzing and fixing performance issues.
• Expertise in relational database design and performance tuning of SQL queries on Oracle.
• The candidate should be very strong in communication, listening and writing skills. He/She should be able to communicate ideas/views clearly.
• Experienced in working on integration platforms such as API GEE.
• Experienced in development of SOAP webservices using JAXB or JAX-WS.

Job Expectations:

• Analyze requirements and document high level/low level technical design.
• Develop code with established standards/best practices around security, scalability and performance.
• Develop unit test cases to ensure complete code coverage using Junit, and SonarQube.
• Perform code reviews of developers in team.
• Responsible for end-to-end testing and ensuring zero-defect releases in production.
• Responsible for test automation using selenium.
• Strong understanding & experience of security scans such as Checkmarx, BlackDuck and vulnerability fixes.
• Provide high-level and low-level design to developers in team and mentor them by solving their technical queries.
• Ensure implementation of standard development practices followed by team members.
• Develop reusable components and solve performance issues.
• Perform Root cause analysis of production defects and provide technical solution to fix them.
• Perform POCs on new technology or for solving business problems.
• Contribute towards organization initiatives for innovation and Gen AI.
• Be able to drive initiatives / innovative ideas till implementation.

Pay Range
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$119,000.00 - $224,000.00
Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:
19 Feb 2026
* Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.
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